DPBRN Longitudinal Study of Questionable Occlusal Caries Lesions

Dental Practice-Based Research Network

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dental Caries

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; NETWORK; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01309971

122012

U01DE016747 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study will allow us to observe and follow the subjects' treatment from DPBRN Prevalence of Questionable Occlusal Caries Lesions Study over a 24 month period.

Full description

There have been very few studies regarding questionable lesions, virtually no clinical evaluations of the progression of questionable lesions over time, and no studies depicting the prevalence of these lesions. Since carious lesions have the ability to arrest and possibly reverse, determining how often these lesions are being seen in practice and learning more about their characteristics and patient risk assessment are important steps in order to manage these lesions without unnecessary surgical intervention.

Enrollment: 2,624 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients needed to have at least one permanent tooth with a questionable lesion. This means that subjects were at least 6 years old because that is when the permanent first molar typically erupts.

Exclusion criteria

• patients under 6 years old
• patients 6 years old and older who do not have a questionable lesion

Trial design

2,624 participants in 1 patient group

Questionable occlusal lesions